Criminal Justice & Corrections at Cumberland University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Cumberland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU is located in Lebanon, Tennessee and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year. Of the 275 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cumberland University in 2021, 16 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

CU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at CU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at CU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools	196
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools	388
	463
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	531
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	745

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from CU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CU is $31,267. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Cumberland University.

CU Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at CU are white. Around 55% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cumberland University with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from CU. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 38% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cumberland University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Cumberland University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	13,410	$44,600
Correctional Officers and Jailers	9,670	$35,470
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,590	$41,830

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.